Soma: facts

At a glance

• Country: Japan
• Region: Fukushima
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 34,865
• Coordinates: 37.7928° N, 140.9294° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Yen (JPY)
• Distance to the capital, Tokyo: 259 km (161 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Sendai Airport (SDJ): 39 km (24 mi), straight line
• Fukushima Airport (FKS): 77 km (48 mi), straight line
• Yamagata Airport (GAJ): 84 km (52 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Minami-Soma: 19 km (12 mi)
• Kakuda: 24 km (15 mi)
• Watari: 28 km (17 mi)
• Yanagawamachi-saiwaicho: 30 km (18 mi)
• Okawara: 33 km (21 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Fukushima, 41 km (25 mi)